Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table.

Quote by W H Auden

Topics: W H Auden Quotes

Men make the mistake of thinking that because women can't see the sense in violence,...

Men make the mistake of thinking that because women can't see the sense in violence,...

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too...

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too...

You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people...

You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people...

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to...

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to...

I know nothing, except what everyone knows if there when Graces dances, I should dance.

I know nothing, except what everyone knows if there when Graces dances, I should dance.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology...

History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology...

If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons...

If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons...

The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.

The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho...

Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho...

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are...

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are...

In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of...

In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of...

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

Art is born of humiliation.

Art is born of humiliation.

No hero is mortal till he dies.

No hero is mortal till he dies.

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say.

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say.

I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.

I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.